Sweet Honey in The Rock - Wade in the Water

[@Aegelis]

Pulse check: If you don't feel anything during this, you might be dead. That vibrato is so tight. Lower voice is fraekin' amazing, but all gave me chills. Thank you, God bless.

[@bwmertz]

That's Dr. Ysaye Barnwell singing bass. Sang with Sweet Honey for something like thirty-five years. When I first heard these women sing as a young teen it changed my life forever. Now I direct choirs in music from the African diaspora, and teach kids music. In short, I agree. If this music doesn't make you feel something, you might be dead.

[@annettecramer328]

saint4God that's the Holy Ghost

[@nodoubtsafetyservices2253]

What he said👆 Praise the Lord🙌 Thank you Jesus🙏

[@brendamclain3567]

Was blessed to hear it live at the Detroit opera house. This is a pure reflection of perfection before God. I wanna testify to the suffering of of such.

[@flowergrannyjanet]

Still listening in 2024. Still beautiful music

[@queenmajesty5163]

This is what you call real singing - you get the beat & the melody - without the music. Pure heavenly harmony........

[@WillTheBassPlayer]

That's just the thing though. There's music here. Music in droves. They are a capella. It takes a special talent to do this well. There's music.

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

Music is more than beat, rhythm, melody and harmony. Intention, feeling, history, love, context and a million other aspects I can't articulate make music real.

[@queenmajesty5163]

@@georgeb.wolffsohn30 True, but without the beat, rhythm, melody and harmony, no one else can relate. These are what "introduce" the later to others listeners.

[@IssacsBetter]

@@georgeb.wolffsohn30 i dont like the term "real" music. music is just a pattern of sounds, theres nothing that makes it more "real"

[@SKYCHICK__]

Their voices ARE the music. They don't need no instruments, they ARE the instruments. Praise God 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@roxanasolisflores7229]

May the new generations learn about our history also through music such as with this amazing masterpiece. Blessings ❤

[@suzannelooms7658]

Rest in Peace Bernice Johnson Reagon.

[@redddrc6865]

my black brothers and sisters their is special power that are in our ancestors songs particularly this one I don't know if you could feel it or not but those that can will know what I'm talking about

[@keondre7179]

We are the Israelites

[@nahalaaviyahyasharel3280]

Keondre 717 yes WE ARE THEM BREWS!!! Halleluyah!!! Praise be to ABBA YHWH!!!👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑

[@ilsekearns7817]

It resonates with your soul. All the emotions of that time is what this songs brings to the surface when they sing it.

[@lilliantaylor353]

Yeah, it’s called Near unbearable pain, misery, and suffering

[@Galaxylion_omega]

@Skyhawk Apodaca thanks for writing this, cause hearing that we have other minority on our side is always great, it always seems like everyone hates us.

[@janetmayer3562]

Like a tapestry woven with voices. What a beautiful rendition this is.

[@Varvisa]

There's other versions of this song that just seem too upbeat for the context of the song. To me this is the song sung how it should be.

[@nycrawgirl]

That's exactly how I feel too.

[@redbaron1001]

Couldn’t agree more! The fact that you can’t hear anything else but their voices just makes it so much more powerful.

[@djmotise]

Not necessarily.

[@ilsekearns7817]

I choose their version also. They make you feel how the children must’ve felt.

[@tyanez]

oh, werd

[@kaylean39]

My dad used to sing this to me and my sister some nights before bed. Still my favorite song, even if it makes me cry.

[@charlesonikosi4099]

Lucky lucky sweetheart...made you a queen.

[@terrellstl17]

That bass hit my soul!!!

[@charlesonikosi4099]

Please enjoy a nice soup to revamp your gentle "soul sister." You know what am sayin...good on you.

[@risaorellana7906]

Dr. Ysaye Barnwell's voice is not just low but also wide, that's why it is so forceful and beautiful. I was VERY sad when they announced her retirement at the last concert I went to, and I think it was my first time screaming "Nooooo!" from the audience. The bass is the foundation, everything else is built on that. She's necessary. Her voice is not truly reproducible on a recording, it sounds wonderful, but it must be experienced live for the full effect. (Yes I am stating this after she has already retired. But it's true.) Her performances are so emotional, her voice makes my bones vibrate, every note she sings gives me goosebumps in my heart. I get that it is hard to travel the world when you are aging. I deeply hope that she is still performing in DC. This unique voice must continue to be heard.

[@sharonsekhon9475]

I need this song played at my funeral. It got me through my mom's death 21 years ago this week.

[@sandymartin9087]

Prayers

[@sueroediger8420]

this was the sound check ..........imagine the show !

[@micahelamay]

I remember seeing them in London. They were just incredible! One of the best shows I've ever heard!

[@ramonachestnutt220]

This music has brought me through some of the most difficult times in my life. For this, I am truly grateful.

[@gluschei]

This is my favorite hymn. My child sang it (high soprano) in church , and also plays it beautifully on her trumpet. By the way, we are both "white." Like, conspicuously white. But that never stopped us from singing with the MLK celebration choir. I do celebrate Dr. King's legacy of peace. This song is a beautiful reminder.

[@tosinrichtea5501]

I'm so much in love with black race. We've been through hell yet resillient. Prodly black

[@_Donielle_]

❤❤❤🥰💪🏽🙌🏽🔥

[@PreTheBookofHeiressJacqueline]

Go 'head on and represent our rich history through your highly anointed voices and spirits, my wealthy, nubian siser-queens! GOD HAS GOT TO BE AT HIS PEAK OF BEING PLEASED.

[@upendasana7857]

They must be one of the most powerful acappella groups to ever have existed.I saw them 20 years ago or so after coming out of a deep depression and it was just the most amazing experience ever.I didn't know about G-d then but I do now.

[@ceceliafutch6210]

Same here, but more like 30 years ago for me. In State College, PA at Penn State. Powerful memory.

[@jhimjey9753]

🥰😍❤💓

[@puertorroable]

My deepest respect and love for these sisters. They know how to use their God's given gifts and honor Him in the process! Love Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon's voice!

[@timothylewis2450]

She is an amazing and inspiring woman.

[@jackiesanders1561]

This version is absolutely beautiful and causing stiring in my spirit. Thank you!

[@SOULarLioness]

I have to revisit his in light of all the uprising that’s happening right now.....

[@pastorrobbgoodman5084]

Wow! What an amazing old song. I believe that Harriet Tubman sang this white bringing over 300 enslaved black folks out of the terrible bondage. I celebrate Black History month with all of my Bkack brothers and sisters! I thank God for Harriet Tubman. My family comes from Cambridge Maryland so I'm very familiar with Bucktown in Dorchester County Maryland. Great job in performing this inspirational and powerful song. Thank you!

[@scalporf]

This is absolutely gorgeous.

[@aurafischbeckdance]

I have had the privilege of seeing "Sweet Honey in the Rock" Perform live more than once. I went to see them when I was young . I am a white woman was raised in Philadelphia's inner city by monetarily poor and spiritually rich immigrant German artist parents. I was raised to think about the higher message and potential of the arts and hold it in the most high. These women are radical artists who have been a part of the soundtrack to my life for 25 years. I feel deeply blessed to know and feel their music. Let's keep going everyone.

[@donaldhumes6059]

Lord have mercy....I still sing this song today with our mass choir at our Church. What a great song.

[@fluidwings2078]

I look up in the sky, freedom not yet won, a back-breakin' day, near done, wondering if I'll be a slave til kingdom come; God showed me the water, I took off on the run.

[@denesedunston1711]

This is a beautiful rendition of Wade In The Water. Amen.

[@johneddings1033]

This is the most awesome rendition of this song ever!

[@radicalmystic]

Such a powerful group! I have met Shirley Chidress who sang with her hands through sign language. Such thoughtful awareness of others.

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

I grew up in the scary undergrowth of New Orleans in a very rigid, white/mid-western household, but i was one of two white girls in choir in high school, and music like this absolutely infused itself into my soul. To this very day, many of those traditional southern Spiritual songs can still completely carry me away... which feels ironic considering what an atheist i grew up to be. :) We humans are a fascinating bunch.

[@crjetpilot]

I’m with ya, Ingrid! But most people who attend church are not real Christians. (They don’t know what they believe, and they certainly don’t live the teachings of Christ.) It’s a culture, and this culture is deeply ingrained into southern culture. The music is beautiful, and powerful. It tells stories with deep feeling and emotion. I love spirituals and many of the old hymns also but I’ve learned to separate emotions from reality. Happily deconverted.

[@isaacisaiah]

Knowing that black people being afflicted in America for 400 years is foretold in Bible prophecy should make anyone a believer.

[@KatBlaque]

This made me cry. So powerful.

[@chrisharalson6568]

I'm reduced to a blubbering mess by this. I feel like I'm so strong otherwise, but listening to this just cuts right to my core.

[@tamahlhazelwood7320]

Indeed sister. Rightfully so. Gut wrenching in the most beautiful way. Thanks for your post.

[@mielimedina3146]

I was so surprised for a second to see a comment from you here, but no it’s not surprising it’s just lovely.

[@ultravulva]

" We as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. When machiines and computers, profit motives and property rights, are considered more important thann people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered." MLK Happy Birthday

[@odinfromcentr2]

He was spot-on. And it's sadly evident that we haven't figured out a bloody thing in the 50 years since his murder. Not really.

[@jawan055]

Powerful!! Our ancestors that sang that song remembered the Jordan river that they had crossed before going into their promised land. Hallelu-Yah!!❤❤❤🎉🎉

[@Ezygoin1]

I got to see Sweet Honey In The Rock back when I lived in Los Angeles and after the show they had their current hit CD as well as some of their older CD's for sale. I think I bought one of each and spent a few years driving the California freeways listening to Sweet Honey In The Rock. God Bless You All!!

[@clarencejones8396]

this is very inspiring we need songs like this to be heard the world over. Songs like this should make us think how good God has been to us,

[@oma2635]

ya bashaar cara sheego oo waxaah ahaay dhah waan daboku xaroo ya asaweeda ya weelagaa ya bashaar wa maqaluuqa waxah qeelashay who you are? God or Alaaha iS not died like AS ya bashaar come down

[@cherylfrattaroli3753]

AMAZING… TOUCHING …. POWERFUL

[@chibbwalumudenda8755]

This is so beautiful, the bass was so sweet

[@purpledmajor0395]

This song summons the spirit of the ancestors! The same God that delivered them will be the same God to deliver us today✊🏾

[@simaiyajack7281]

No the blood of Jesus will save us .

[@ReconExpert52]

I break down every time i hear this. I vow to make my ancestors proud in All i do. I stand on their shoulders.🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@ridinghighguy4303]

I love this song! It's kind of jazzy and uses harmony, dynamics and tempo to energize the song. I also loved how they layered the low and high voices and how they all had different melodies.

[@refstef]

this is Beautiful WORSHIP. Sweet Honey - YOU ARE A BLESSING & you are ALL BEAUTIFUL. This is healing to my soul. Thank you LORD.

[@AwordfromJacquelineWood]

I went searching for this song my spirit called to it to find and listen to it today Hallelujah Jesus saves lives 🌺❤️🌺❤️❤️ Hallelujah hallelujah lord of lords, king of kings my Lord, best friend Jesus, I love you✝️🛐👁️Amen❤️❤️🌺🌺❤️❤️🌺🌺

[@w0utar]

got referred to this song by a English/German Catholic organ player youtuber, and youtube algorithm pointed me to you... how small the world can be, and how amazingly powerfull music you make. So honest and deeply pure.

[@raejones5721]

Yes God can and has and will.

[@seelliinna16]

This is Breathe-taking. So so beautiful, absolutely stunning

[@laurenneal8102]

Praising perjorative "Blackness" symbolizes the disconnect African Americans have to their homeland/birthright. This music didn't come from "Black," it comes from Africa (including parts of what is now considered the MiddleEast) where you can feel this energy in the air you breathe the people you meet. Listening to the Muezzin sing, during prayer that is played on the streets, no way to describe it but warm music hugs, regardless of your spiritual beliefs. Of course, the first muezzin was an Arab African/Ethiopian, Bilal Ibn Rahbah, singing songs of resilience and strength in a damaged world. And I imagine he received this gift from his mother, an African woman. Our music is time tested to reach the soul, soothe, teach and remind that we are still together. Black as a race was a social construction to belittle and it's easy to maintain as minorities on an isolated land mass. Reconnect with your world. I thank Sweet Honey and the Rock for sharing our heritage. They used to visit Burlington, Vt frequently, where I became familiar with them.

[@nomiisak5609]

This is the most moving and beautiful rendition of this song that I have heard. I will bookmark this and listen (and sing along) again, perhaps daily! I hear and feel incredible love and courage in this song.

[@g1015m]

These women in a duet with Blind Boys of Alabama would be awesome on scale rarely scene in this world. I live in Texas, and I would drive to New York to see them preform together.

[@dennisdistant]

Typo: seen, not scene.

[@thomasgabig989]

Is it rude to speak the truth? Is it rude to save g1015m from the possible dersion of less scrupulous readers? I think not. Not rude, but far-seeing and kind. Your reply to dnns, however, crosses the boundary. Your reply is very rude and inconsiderate. "God saved Peter, and God saved Paul." God can save you, if you admit your sins, confess your faults, apologize to dnns, and ask for God's divine mercy. Peace be with you.

[@healmyroots]

g1015m that would be epic

[@jenepherwhite]

Oh My God! what heart and soul ...and magic!

[@communismkeke-l6g]

Unbelievable. A powerful piece of music that testifies to the shared history of humanity.

[@charlesonikosi4099]

Yeah..when the going gets tough, the tough gets going.

[@wakeuppaid]

That was such a blessing! Beautiful.

[@claradeloney9330]

I'M WADING IN THE WATER AND WAITING ON GOD , BLESS YOU ALL❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤. I LOVE THIS AMAZING SONG AND SOUND

[@louiseainsworth6264]

This song was strong in my mind today

[@sonador2005]

The most authentic version I've ever heard. AMAZING! Totally loved it.

[@JLYFL]

Gorgeous rendition. I grew up with this song.

[@charlesonikosi4099]

Keep rising to the top.

[@lorivenableclark1250]

I can't get enough of Sweet Honey in the Rock

[@jsproles99]

Absolutely amazingly beautiful!! This is an incredible and moving rendition! WOW!

[@lisaorndorff9421]

I LOVE Sweet Honey in the Rock! Hung out with them a couple times after a shows in DC/NoVA. Amazing!

[@michaelhawker9916]

Michael Edward Hawker 11212inches Jesus is my dady

[@shirleyashcraft701]

Help us not to drown in troubles of this world, but let God keep us encouraged by the Faith he gives us by belief in Him!! Increase our Faith.....

[@bettycarlson7064]

I teach elementary music. My students can't seem to get enough of this song, and especially this beautiful rendering. Thank you, ladies.

[@courtneycruise7137]

Universal message.- Some say Peter and some say Paul....ain't but one God made us all! God's gonna trouble the water. From ask AI..the lyrics to “Wade in the Water” convey a message of hope and divine intervention for those seeking freedom and liberation. The line “my God is gonna trouble the water” is a powerful affirmation of faith and belief in God’s power to intervene and bring about positive change. Be it runaway slaves pre civil war, the Israelites in book of Exodus or todays migrants going through the Darien Gap - this performance provides inspiration for all to wade in the water cause God IS gonna trouble the water.

[@sagelobu]

May your memory be a blessing Bernice Johnson Reagon.

[@francesmier867]

I first heard Sweet Honey about 15 years ago, when I discovered their CD breaths in a record shop. Now I listen to them on line all the time. Fabulous.

[@kaygibbs8639]

Me too along with Wallelah (NA), I love these women's harmony!

[@madecita1986]

Oh my dear God! This is just great!

[@tbaurerogdropoff1019]

Ill never forget this video my 7th grade music teacher had great taste

[@Thisismyusername227]

One of my favorite groups ever. So present and beautiful

[@joanbroadfield799]

i LOVE hearing and watching these amazing women... in worship as I sit in quiet...

[@NadyaLawson]

Listening on Election Night, 2024. Resilience and courage and strength of our forebears.

[@dustyblue2ify]

So embracing the hauntingly beautiful lyrics/array of vocal tones rapping you in a powerful blanket of warmth of love to soothe the wounds to heal and uplift the soul

[@jonbradley4789]

Thank you for this. I have witnessed this ensemble live twice so far. This video brings me back to the live experience. .

[@michelleauten1079]

Popped up on break. Messages. Thanks Lord

[@Gimmer3]

I love this music so much.

[@ALinn-vr3nl]

Five acapella. Damn. Beautiful.

[@SuperAzeone]

Fantastic clip, awesome voices.. Soul, gospel.. Hundreds of years of pain on that stage.. Thx for uploading.. Cheers from an skandinavian man..

[@122334433221]

it does NOT get any better than this.

[@nialaterrell-mason9956]

Who are the 135 people who downvoted this!? Have them meet me outside! lol

[@skagnatti3415]

Right. Gotta be accidental clicks ~ dropped their phone or something.

[@Moeller303]

This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard. Mesmerizing.

[@lightwork11]

I saw them live in Syracuse, NY in the late 70s, a wonderful experience.

[@j.r.1464]

Very beautiful & AUTHENTIC! THE WAY IT SHOULD SOUND~~~~~~~~

[@keepdreamin1212]

The voice is the best instrument

[@ironpath27]

When I was a teenage folkie in the mid 1960's, my partner, the late Joe Wanco, and we used this as one of our signature songs. I was a bass baritone so this my my solo ("Let Me Fly," made famous by Harry Belafonte, was Joe's.) Of course, Sweet Honey in the Rock shows how this old song should sound. God bless 'em. BTW some years ago I took a course in Gospel singing at the Omega Institute led by Ysaye Barnwell herself (the low alto with gray hair in this video.) It was a fantastic journey through the best of African American music from the slave days to the days of Thomas A. Dorsey (no not the white band leader, the black Gospel singer/songwriter!) I learned a lot about American music overlooked by the white elites. God bless the African American music tradition.

[@damnrightibetitwontbeme9011]

God bless all u women I can't stop watching u.....u r truly angels ur voices r gifts truly given by the one above I'm sure the Lord is rocking out to this we r all his people we all have African decent look at the beauty not the beast of ignorance in this world

[@wellnessgirl2806]

Goosebumps!!

[@tikxtube2358]

Me to

[@bashfulbrother]

That is truly onr of the most amazing things I have ever heard.

[@peanutrichards3702]

Thank you precious lord ! Amen !!!!

[@pattersondsmccd]

I liked what Honeybee's Hair Care said below, "GOD TROUBLE IS THE ONLY TROUBLE I NEED." Amen, sister!

[@Jacokarat]

This ladies are wow!!!

[@wandabrothers2354]

Need to hear more of that amazing group😊

[@lillianlove5344]

Congratulations Ladies your exguisite vocals are always great to hear, anywhere, anytime!

[@deloresnorswether7474]

They're beautifully harmonized to a done with powerful meaning 😊

[@aneesah17]

Simply beautiful. I love the way each voice is highlighted then blended again. They are magnificent.

[@louisesinacola157]

Love this rendition. You totally strip away the commercialism this song has accumulated over the years

[@timothylewis2450]

Moving, haunting and beautiful.

[@kelvinmwangangi2031]

11 years down the line. Still exquisite ❤

[@deniacobb7400]

Oh my thank you Kings and Queens Wow! AMAZING voices! I’m overwhelmed with joy! Their inner spirit is magical. Thank you for love. The universe is HAPPY!

[@katieh3236]

Screaming with joy I can't wait to hear you guys with young female highschool voice in there! Intergenerational magnificence!!!

[@tricebrown5860]

It chilled my body but not my soul...God's gonna trouble the water

[@victoriarice4147]

Never give up on us we stand together and have a wonderful Journey

[@thumpher22]

I love playing this song for my papa R.C.! He loves it!

[@ameyer3408]

Absolutely amazing.

[@rachelberry3385]

never stop the movement. never forget. let yourself be moved and changed toward a brighter tomorrow.